AL video replays to start before finals

The A-League is set to implement video replays before the finals series starts, meaning contentious incidents like David Carney's handball goal will no longer be missed.

Head of the A-League Greg O'Rourke has revealed Football Federation Australia's leading referees and video assistant referees (VARs) spent the weekend before last conducting tests of Hawkeye technology at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium.

It came after FFA's director of referees Ben Wilson travelled to Zurich late last month for workshops on VARs with FIFA, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) and 10 other participating countries.

Australia is one of six leagues around the world approved to run the trials of VARs including Germany's Bundesliga and America's Major League Soccer.

FFA had already flagged the potential to introduce video replays in time for the start of the finals on April 21.

But they are now aiming to do so a couple of weeks beforehand, providing they've completed all the necessary testing required under FIFA rules.

"It's proceeding and we're online for an April rollout," O'Rourke told AAP.